{"id":165,"date":"2024-06-18T22:21:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T05:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wen-yuan.com\/?p=165"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:07:13","slug":"rippling-roots-cultivating-across-water-and-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wen-yuan.com\/?p=165","title":{"rendered":"Rippling Roots: Cultivating Across Water and Land\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Rippling Roots is a project that delves into the relationship between my cultural identity and ecology through bamboo and Xuan paper installations. My ancestors lived near the Yangtze River, cultivating land, nurturing grass, and weaving mats for a living. 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